Preliminary Lecture Schedule (i.e. subject to change)
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August 24th | Course Introduction | |||
August 26th | The Phase Rule | pp.84-85 | HW1 | |
August 31st | Binary systems with a eutectic | pp. 85-89 | Rock Classification and Description | |
September 2nd | Binary systems with solid solution | pp. 91-93 | ||
September 7th | Binary systems with a peritectic | pp. 89-91 | Modes and Norms | |
September 9th | Ternary systems with a eutectic | |||
September 14th | Ternary systems with solid solution | Optical Mineralogy Review 1 | ||
September 16th | Ternary systems with a peritectic | |||
September 21st* | Exam I | Optical Mineralogy Review 2 | ||
September 23rd* | To be annouced | |||
September 28th* | "In the Path of a Killer volcano" | |||
September 30th* | Dave Ryckman "Missouri's Kimberlites" | |||
October 5th | Petrology of the mantle | Ch-7 pp.137-150 | Optical Mineralogy Review 3 | |
October 7th | Generation of basaltic magma | Ch-5 pp. 110-113, 116-117 | ||
October 12th | Crystallization of basaltic magma | Ch-6 pp.119-123 | Mantle Xenoliths / Basaltic Rocks | |
October 14th | Crystallization of basaltic magma | |||
October 19th | Layered mafic igneous complexes | Ch-6 pp. 123-136 | Layered Mafic Complexes | |
October 21st | Layered mafic igneous complexes | Ch-10 pp. 195-196 | ||
October 22nd -24th | Field Trip "Wichita Mountains Igneous Province" | |||
October 26th | Geochemical analysis of comagmatic suites | Ch-3 pp. 62-66, 76-79. | Layered Mafic Complexes | |
October 28th | Liquid Line-of-Descent | |||
November 2nd | Graphical analysis of crystallization | Variation Diagrams | ||
November 4th | Trace element constraints on crystallization models | |||
November 9th | Oceanic Lithosphere and Ophiolites | Ch-8 pp. 151-162; Ch-9 177-180 | Intermediate Rocks | |
November 11th | Magma genesis at convergent margins | Ch-9 pp. 169-190. | ||
November 16th | Exam II Study Concepts | I- and S-type Granites | ||
November 18th | Igneous related economic deposits (Dr. Hagni) | |||
November 23rd | Magma genesis at convergent margins | No Lab | ||
November 25th | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
November 30th | Generation of Granitic Magma | A-type Granites and Rhyolites | ||
December 2nd | Magma emplacement | |||
December 7th | Forms of intrusions | Lab Final | ||
December 9th | Last Class "Catch-up day" | |||
December 16th | Final Exam |